... what I love about the church is that God has seen it all, taken us into account for who we are, and has built the perfect conveyance for our needs and usefulness. Whatever departures, on the right or on the left, that occur are not evidence of God’s failure, but human choices that will still be folded into his plan and used for his purposes. So we’re right back to the church-as-kingdom, where God is sovereign and we need not seek to improve or reject the pattern he has given.